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Hemisphere Games are delighted to announce the Android version of Osmos is now available on the Android Market!

Must – consume – all – motes

To celebrate the launch, Osmos on Android is 40% off ($3 / £2) for the first week!

Get the full version here.

Get the demo version here.

Osmos runs on all Android tablets and most modern phones running Android 2.2 (Froyo) or later. Don’t worry: if your device doesn’t meet these requirements, you shouldn’t be able to purchase Osmos on the Market. There are lots of different Android devices out there, and Hemisphere want you to let them know how the game is running for you.

Stay tuned to the Hemisphere blog as they plan for a series of Android-related blog posts covering Apportable’s tech and their experiences with the port and Android ecosystem.

Androidians and physics teachers, be sure to consume our previous post on Osmos tips from Kepler and Newton.

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Osmos is just like real life; you float around absorbing biophobes, trying to avoid getting pulled into a giant sun; and just like real life, some tips on sub-nuclear physics and orbital mechanics would probably come in very handy. These tips will help you progress from being wonderfully average, to a little better than average.

Osmos is a game by Hemisphere Games for iPad, iPhone, PC, Mac and Linux, and very soon to be Android too. It includes music from us (Gas, High Skies), and Biosphere, Loscil, Julien Neto and others. It is Apple’s iPad game of the year 2010 and the current TUAW iPad game of the year.

NEWTON’S LAW OF FREE ENERGY
One of the best ways to increase your mass and vector in Osmos is to point yourself at a wall and charge.

The (added) arrows show the direction of your path.

On the above image, your ‘mass’ is expelled behind you (lined up under the red arrows) and will increasingly travel in your direction as you gather speed, following you, so that as you are slowed down by Newton’s First Law (by absorbing motes unfortunate enough to be smaller than you), the same motes you expelled earlier will catch you up and be reabsorbed back into your well-fed self. So now you have plumpness with matching residual motion for free, where you can continue on, absorbing motes in your path.

OSMOTE vs GOLIATH Continue reading…

A post from Osmos HQ’s rocking chair, on a Xoom shaped iPad exclaims…

Dear Robots,
Things are coming along very nicely.

In related news; Osmos has just won best iPad game 2011 over at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (tuaw.com)

Looks like it going to be another vintage year for the Osmos microcosm.

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Over on the Physics of Osmos blog they have an Osmos competition. Create a one-minute video illustrating the physics concept that you discover in the game. The top entry will win a $500 gift card to Amazon.com. The top three runners up will also receive prizes.

Steve Jobs the master of orbital dynamics

To submit your entry, follow the instructions below.

• Download and install the Osmos free demo. (Or purchase Osmos from the App Store.)
• Experiment with your gameplay to illustrate physics concepts using Osmos as your virtual lab.
• Review the official contest rules
• Create a video illustrating a physics concept.
  (If you want to record your screen, try Jing or ScreenChomp)
• Upload your video to YouTube, Vimeo, or Screencast.com
• Complete the submission form by 11:59 PM PST. January 2, 2012. (Deadline extended.)

Winners will be announced on January 4, 2012.

Another woah! for Osmos and Hemisphere; Osmos has won the Apple Design Award 2011!

There were twelve winners, just three in each category of iPhone, Mac, Student and iPad, which was Osmos’ category.

Eddy from Hemisphere attended to pick up his award of Apple hardware and metallic cuboid that glows when you touch it. We look forward to seeing Eddy’s pics!

Osmos included music from Gas and High Skies, and is available on PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Linux.

Visit apple.com to view all the winners…

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There’s a new interview over on GFBRobot (Giant Fire Breathing Robot!) where I talk about Osmos, favourite synthesizers and physics.

Visit GFBRobot to read the interview…

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I heard the sad news that Martin Rushent has died aged just 63. I was just looking up info about him a few days ago. Producer and remixer from 1970s to 2011. He was responsible for the production on Dare, The Human League’s album from 1981, and was the first album I bought. It’s still an influence on me. Dare; the minimal and compact production and quality electronic sounds, but still very accessible without trying too hard. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Human League’s Love & Dancing album was the first remix album. (Love & Dancing was the name of a demo that turned into ‘Do or Die’ on Dare). He produced many other bands, such as the Stranglers, but none so electronic as The Human League.

‘Seconds’ from Dare, about the Kennedy shooting. Dare was one of the very first records to feature a Linn Drum drum machine.

A Facebook page called Martin Rushent memories has been set up in his honour.

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Congratulations to the following who all won a copy of Silk for iPad…

Hector Lee
Dogglesnoffer
Bruce Wiggins

Many thanks to everyone who took time to leave a comment!

Silk is now available in the ipad App Store…

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Add a comment below to win a copy.

Silk.
With the swish of a finger anyone can create beautiful, flowing art entwined with an ethereal soundscape, a world where riches of color spring from your fingertips.

All music and sound was performed on Jupiter 6 and ARP Odyssey, and features a brand new High Skies track. Compatible with all iPads, iOS v4.0 or later.

Simply add a comment to win a copy, we have three copies to give away. The draw will take place on Friday 27th May 2011. Anyone who wins and has already bought Silk will get a full refund, or is free to give to a friend.

Some sample images you can create with Silk…

Don’t forget to add a comment below to win, simple!
We do not keep email addresses and only the winners will be contacted, so there is no reason not to enter! Good luck!

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Near Silence, a free album for anyone who donates to the Red Cross Japan appeal.

A supercooled album fractured with exclusives, classics and the new.
Richard Barbieri has exclusively re-recorded his classic Japan track ‘The Experience of Swimming’; Charles Webster has donated an exclusive mix from his brand new January Tuesday project, which was only recorded last week; and Eno colloborator Roedelius, one of the electronic pioneers alongside Kraftwerk, has donated his classic ‘Wenn der Südwind Weht’; plus an unreleased High Skies track and new material from Woob and Anne Garner.

Please help us to collect donations for Japan by spreading this link on Facebook, Twitter, forums and email.

www.microscopics.co.uk/japan
or
http://bit.ly/nsilence

View album and donate…

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